Box 116-2018 – Governor Legal 121st General Assembly

1. HB 275, Creates the State unemployment Benefit Reserve Fund
2. HB 276, Repeals the Prevailing Wage Law
3. HB 277, Requires certain foreign students to be excused from taking the state proficiency tests, but forbids school districts from prohibiting such students from taking the tests
4. HB 278, Bureau of Workers Compensation budget
5. HB 279, Industrial Commission budget
6. HB 280, Creates Appalachian Public Facilities Task Force & redistributes money allocated to the Appalachian Arts Facilities Task Force
7. HB 281, Requires tuition at state universities to be waived for spouses of firefighters & peace officers killed on duty
8. HB 218, Provides qualified immunity to health professionals providing services to indigent or uninsured persons
9. HB 282, Alterations to the Mortgage Broker Law
10. HB 283, Establishes a procedure that allows winners who receive lottery prize awards in installments to use their award as collateral for a loan
11. HB 284, Permits public libraries receiving money from the Library & Local Government Support Fund to issue notes payable from that money
12. HB 285, Requires the Liquor Control Commission to revoke a liquor permit if the holder of the permit violates, for the third time within a five-year period, the prohibitions of the Liquor Control Law against selling alcohol to a person under 21 years of age
13. HB 286, Requires health insurance policies to provide benefits for the treatment of severe mental illness equal to benefits for physical diseases
14. HB 287, [Empty]
15. HB 288, Est. regulations for appointment of standby guardians for minors
16. HB 289, Several policies regarding head & brain injuries
17. HB 290, Requires the appointment of four additional members to the board of park commissioners of a metropolitan park district created by conversion from a township park district
18. HB 291, Authorizes county commissioners & township trustees to adopt zoning regulations concerning telecommunications towers
19. HB 294, Requires license plates to bear the slogan “Birthplace of Aviation” & an appropriate symbol representing aviation
20. HB 295, Several policies concerning copyright royalty collection
21. HB 296, Permits an electrical cooperative to elect to be regulated by Public Utilities Commission
22. HB 297, Several adjustments to the Prevailing Wage Law
23. HB 298, Permits a probate court to exempt certain persons from the requirement to provide public notice of a change-of-name application filed in probate court
24. HB 299, Several guidelines limited the sale, distribution, & usage of tobacco products
25. HB 300, Requires an 8 year sentence for those committing felonies in automobiles while armed
26. HB 301, Requires the Dept. of Education to distribute at least 94% of federal funds to schools & school districts
27. HB 302, [Empty]
28. HB 303, [Empty]
29. HB 304, Provides for the certification of residential real estate appraisers & the registration of real estate appraisers assistants
30. HB 305, Several policies regarding motor fuel tax laws
31. HB 306, Several policies regarding school district property tax & school district lease-purchase contracts
32. HB 307, Permits county school financing districts, w/ voter approval, to levy a sales & use tax of up to one-half of 1% for school district purposes
33. HB 308, Several actions involving the State Highway Patrol Retirement System
34. Ibid.
35. HB 309, Increases the monetary ceiling under which a county engineer may undertake projects
36. HB 310, Prohibits a person who is convicted of a felony from ever holding elective public office
37. HB 311, [Empty]
38. HB 312, Eliminates the authority of the state retirement systems to invest in derivative instruments
39. HB 313, Authorizes check-cashing businesses to be licensed to make loans
40. HB 314, Requires copayment charges under insurance policies or HMO contracts to be based on the actual costs paid or payable
41. HB 315, Several policies involving STRS benefits
42. HB 316, Abolishes the Ohio Turnpike Commission & creates the Division of Toll Projects within ODOT
43. HB 317, Specifies that in a negligence action a plaintiff who is found to be contributarily negligent may recover damages if the plaintiff’s negligence is “less than” the negligence of the defendant
44. HB 318, Several actions involving certificate of need reviews
45. HB 319, [Empty]
46. HB 320, Authorizes the Treasurer of State to issue revenue bonds, the proceeds of which must be used to enable a designated nonprofit corporation to acquire education loans made to eligible post-secondary students
47. HB 321, [Empty]
48. HB 322, [Empty]
49. HB 323, Prohibits car dealers from selling autos without written proof vehicle has gone through the basic or enhanced motor vehicle inspection & maintenance program
50. HB 324, Requires the Ohio Dept. of Human Services to est. the Ohio Putative Father Registry
51. HB 325, [Empty]
52. HB 326, Requires prior approval of the proposed annual budget & the issuance of bonds by the advisory council of a sanitary district organized wholly for the reduction of populations of biting arthropods
53. HB 327, [Empty]
54. HB 328, Est. specific procedure for the disinterment of remains
55. HB 329, Requires state & certain local public employers to make the payroll deductions authorized by their employees to pay membership dues to educational and professional associations
56. HB 330, Involves insurable interest in lives of employees, directors, & retired employees
57. HB 331, Several policies involving home rule school districts
58. HB 332, [Empty]
59. HB 333, Creates the offense of money laundering
60. HB 334, Permits taxing authorities to replace an existing property tax with a replacement levy only if the existing tax is imposed permanently
61. HB 335, Creates the Turnpike Oversight Committee
62. HB 336, Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation to establish a method for conducting criminal record background checks of prospective transferees of handguns
63. HB 337, Conveyance of state-owned land to the City of Bowling Green
64. HB 338, Several policies involving third-party payers of health insurance
65. HB 339, Defines manufactured home, mobile home, industrial unit, & recreational vehicle to create distinct classifications
66. HB 3340, Replaces the current system for distributing state basic & catagorical aid to school districts with a mechanism that returns a certain percentage of state income taxes & excess lottery profits to counties for distribution to school districts in the county
67. HB 341, Requires that joint health districts furnish quarters for the board of health & share equally the costs involved
68. HB 342, Reduces the number of employees an employer must have in Ohio to qualify for self-insuring status under the Ohio Workers Comp. Law
69. HB 343, Creates temporary income & corporation franchise tax credits for purchases of new manufacturing equipment
70. HB 344, Limits the total compensation & retirement benefits that certain mutual health insurance companies may provide to directors, officers, & employees
71. HB 345, Authorizes as an alternative method of determining a public utility’s operating costs for rate-making purposes, the calculation of those costs for the 12 month period beginning 276 days from a rate application’s filing date
72. HB 346, [Empty]
73. HB 347, Defines single room occupancy facilities under Ohio’s Hotel Law
74. HB 348, Permits a lienholder who has the right to repossess a motor vehicle due to a default in performance of the terms of a security agreement to be issued a certificate of title to that motor vehicle
75. HB 349, Permits county school financing districts in less populous counties to levy a sales tax of up to of 1% for school district purposes
76. HB 350, Tort reform bill
77. HB 351, Changes certain qualifications for being a candidate/ being elected/ appointed sheriff
78. HB 352, Safeguards Ohio’s economy, public welfare, & agricultural producers from the dissemination of false info
79. HB 353, Changes certain laws relating to titling, registration, operation, & equipment of motor vehicles
80. HB 354, Several guidelines regulating actions of real estate brokers
81. HB 355, Creates a district advisory council in every general health district
82. HB 356, Changes to the laws governing the organization & responsibilities of the Dept. of Development
83. HB 357, To permit the use of DNA test on buccal cell samples as an alternative to blood tests to est. paternity
84. HB 358, Requires Dir. Of Environmental Protection to undertake an antidegradation review whenever a degradation of the surface waters of the state is proposed
85. HB 359, Prohibits a supplier’s use of mandatory arbitration agreements in connection with consumer transactions unless the supplier satisfies certain conditions set forth in the bill
86. HB 360, Delays implementation of the enhanced motor vehicle inspection & maintenance program until 1/1/97
87. HB 361, Requires city school districts to reimburse cities for certain legal & personnel services
88. HB 362, Makes vehicular homicide a 4th degree felony if the offender was under a license suspension at the time of the offense
89. HB 363, Prohibits the granting of an award of reparations if the claimant is convicted of a felony during the pendency of the claim
90. HB 364, [Empty]
91. HB 365, Several adjustments to state retirement systems
92. HB 366, Requires K-3 teachers to undergo instruction in phonics & requires state universities to include phonics in their teacher education programs
93. HB 367, Makes the $10 fee for veterans special license plates a one time only fee
94. HB 368, Permits courts to require divorcing parents to attend parenting classes or obtain counseling
95. HB 369, Eliminates the cap that determines eligibility for COLA for PFDPF retirees awarded a pension prior to 7/24/86
96. HB 370, Authorizes the creation of community schools within any city, local, or exempted village school district & does not limit the number of such schools that may be created
97. HB 371, Extends statute of limitations for Dalkon Shield, intrauterine device tort actions
98. HB 372, Provides for the issuance of special cardinal license plates
99. HB 373, Increases the compensation for the office of sheriff starting in 1997
100. HB 374, Numerous alterations to the Insurance Law
101. HB 375, Increases the penalties for the offenses of inducing panic and making false alarms